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The Proposed Action, within the context of the EA, is to replace existing residential driveways with new driveways, along with upgrading and improving utility connections (laterals) or distributions within the 100-year floodplain at the Hurlburt Field Soundside Manor housing area. This represents a change from the May 2011 MHPI EIS, which analyzed the impacts from home construction within Soundside Manor and only limited housing demolition activities within the floodplain; the EIS did not address these specific construction activities within th floodplain since they were not expected to impact the floodplain at that time. Based on an overlay of the proposed design layouts over the Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain map (2013), an estimated 3,600 square feet (SF) of driveway would be located in the floodplain. Currently, approximately 2,200 SF of housing units, 8,100 SF of driveway, and 5, 700 SF of sidewalk are located in the floodplain. As part of demolition of existing homes and new construction, the estimated amount of housing unit square footage within the floodplain would be reduced to zero, and the amount of driveway and sidewalk square footage within the floodplain would be reduced to 3,600 SF and 4,800 SF, respectively.

Moody Air Force Base (AFB) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) that evaluates the potential environmental impacts associated with officially lowering the Moody AFB A-10 aircraft visual flight rules (VFR) overhead flight pattern from 2,000 feet above ground level (AGL) to 1,500 feet AGL. The VFR overhead flight pattern altitude is the altitude at which aircraft operating under visual flight operations (as opposed to using instruments) typically use while maneuvering in the airfield to line up for runway approach.

The purpose of the Proposed Action is w provide access to safe, quality. well-maintained housing in a community where Air Force members and their families will choose to live; a community consisting of neighborhood settings that include amenities such as common areas and recreational opportunities (identified as desired features). Determining the specific need for required housing at MAFB involved estimating the number of appropriate private sector housing units available to militar) families within 20 miles or a 60-minute commute. The need associated with housing on WAFB is the result of a Housing Requirements and Market Analysis conducted lor WAFB in 2005 to identify the housing units available to military members in the private community and determine the number of units that the Air Force needs to provide at WAFB for its personnel by calendar year 1010. The total military family housing (MFH) requirement for WAFB factored in shortfalls in the available private sector housing resulting in a housing requirement on WAFB of 932 units. Prior to 2005. and ongoing currently, WAFB began a military construction (MILCON) process to demolish and construct several new homes within the MFH areas. The MILCON process is separate from the MHPI and has been evaluated in previous NEPA documentation. At the conclusion of the MILCON process. WAFB will have a total of 933 housing units (via a combination or older units and newly constructed units) distributed throughout five different housing areas.

The United States Air Force (USAF) will privatize its MFH at Davis-Monthan AFB, in Tucson, Arizona. Under this proposal, 1,256 housing units would be conveyed to a private developer, who would demolish 936 housing units that no longer meet requirements, construct 609 new units, and renovate 123 existing units, to reach the required 929 MFH units for the Base. All proposed construction will occur in the existing MFH area.

The United States Air Force (USAF) would privatize its MPH at Holloman AFB. Under this proposal, USAF would convey 1,413 housing units to a private developer. The developer would redevelop the housing areas to achieve an end-state of 1,280 units at the base. Redevelopment includes demolishing 730 housing units that no longer meet USAF standards. Construction of 597 new units and renovation of 582 existing units would occur over 10 years. Also, 101 existing units already meet current standards and would be used as-is. All proposed projects are located in the existing MPH area.

The Proposed Action is to initiate activities under the Ranger Training Brigade (RTB) Recapitalization Master Plan for the 6th Ranger Training Battalion (6th RTB) at Camp James Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) (Figures 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3). These activities include constructing six pre-engineered metal buildings, replacing the gymnasium, renovating the student and cadre barracks, and building a Controlled Environment Storage Facility (Boat House, new Building 6070), a consolidated Company Operations Facility and a consolidated Maintenance and Storage Facility. Infrastructure needed to support daily operation includes utility line connections to the buildings. Buildings 6016, 6018, 6019, 6020, 6022, 6024, 6025, 6030, 6034, 6041, 6042, 6043, 6044, 6045, 6046, and 6070 would be demolished. The demolition of existing buildings encompasses 41,150 square feet. This Environmental Assessment (EA) describes the potential environmental impacts that would result from these activities. The Ranger Training Brigade is the proponent of the action, and the Air Force is the cooperating agency.

The Department of Defense has tasked the Air Force to upgrade all required, inadequate housing by Fiscal Year 2007. To comply with this mandate, the Air Force has launched an aggressive program to revitalize all military housing units through a combination of traditional military construction and housing privatization. Privatization will accelerate housing improvements, alleviate housing shortages, and reduce waiting times for adequate housing, ultimately improving morale of Air Force personnel. Since traditional Military Construction (MILCON) funds are insufficient to meet this goal, the Air Force has determined the best solution is to use privatization to leverage available resources. The purpose of the Proposed Action is to provide military personnel and their families safe, affordable housing in a timely manner to meet Air Force requirements. Housing improvements are needed as, with the exception of Chavez Manor West, many of the housing units on CAFB are more than 30 years old and do not meet current Air Force Housing standards.

Pursuant to the President's Council on Environmental Quality regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act promulgated at 40 Code of Federal Regulations 1500-1508 (40 CFR 1500-1508), and the Department of the Air Force's (AF) Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP) rules at 32 CFR 989, the AF has conducted an Environmental Assessment (EA) of the probable environmental consequences for granting an easement for, and installation of, an Okaloosa County water pipeline on Hurlburt Field, Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida. This document serves as both a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Finding of No Practicable Alternative (FONPA). The FONPA is required by Executive Order (EO) 11988, Floodplain Management, and EO 11990, Protection of Wetlands. Small portions of the Proposed Action will occur within wetlands or a FEMA-designated 100-year flood plain.